The original owner of the body, who had squandered all her wealth, was already frail and delicate. Because she had no money for medical treatment or medicine, she tragically died not long after by Su Shuoci’s side. Less than a month after her death, her disabled husband, having no one to care of him, followed her to the grave.

Indeed, they were a pitiful pair of cannon-fodder spouses.

Hmm~

Didn’t the book say that the original owner always looked down on Su Shuoci for being from the countryside? She despise him and his family, finding them full of the stench of dirt and unworthy to share a bed with her? Why, then, did she wake up by his side?

Gu Jiaojiao recalled the plot. Fortunately, the story had just begun. She would never give the money or any so-called treasures to the female lead of the original book. No matter what the treasure was, it belonged to her.

She glanced at the man who was also a cannon-fodder character. Handsome as he was, he was far from perfect—and he even hit his wife.

“Hmph~”

Gu Jiaojiao accidentally let out a snort while lost in her thoughts, which was overheard by Su Chunni who had just entered the room. Furious, she shouted, “Gu Jiaojiao, what are you snorting about? Do you still think you’re the precious daughter of the Sheng family? The Sheng family doesn’t want you anymore, and even your childhood sweetheart have abandoned you. These past few days, he’s been pursuing Sheng Xinglian. Tsk tsk~ You sickly thing, you’ve already cost our family so much money in just two days of IV drips. Who can afford to keep you…”

“Enough.”

Another thunderous roar interrupted Su Chunni’s endless rant. Gu Jiaojiao turned her head and saw her cheap husband, his already gloomy eyes widening sharply, radiating a murderous aura.

Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but shiver all over. It wasn’t her fault—it was the body’s instinctive reaction.

Su Chunni, startled by her brother’s roar, trembled so much that she spilled a lot of water from the basin she was holding.

“Jiaojiao, don’t be afraid. As long as I’m here, no one will dare to bully you. Shuoci, you’ll scare your wife off like this.”

Su’s mother gently patted Gu Jiaojiao’s shoulder with her rough hands, comforting her. After a while, Su’s mother turned around, wrung out the towel from the basin, and helped Gu Jiaojiao wipe her face.

“Jiaojiao, you mustn’t be afraid of him. Shuoci wasn’t like this before,” Su’s mother continued, her eyes red. “He used to be quiet but very filial. It was only after he got injured during a mission that he became like this. Don’t worry, Jiaojiao, he’ll get better.”

Su’s mother spoke these words not only to comfort Gu Jiaojiao but also to give herself courage. Since her son’s injury, she hadn’t had a single peaceful night’s sleep. She and her husband were getting old, but their son was still so young. No matter what, they had to keep this daughter-in-law to take care of their son for the rest of his life. They had thought their son would never be able to marry. But heaven had eyes—it allowed their half-paralyzed son to marry such a beautiful wife.

Although Jiaojiao had thrown a tantrum on their wedding day, what girl would willingly marry a disabled man?

“Mom~ I’m not afraid of him. I’ll take good care of him from now on,” Gu Jiaojiao said softly, particularly emphasizing the word “care” with a hidden meaning. Although the original owner’s body was weak, the man was also half-paralyzed. When she had been thrown off the bed earlier, she hadn’t been fully conscious. In the future, who would overpower whom was still uncertain.

She understood that a man known as the “wolf of the Army,” suddenly becoming disabled, would experience a psychological discrepancy that would make him increasingly sensitive and gloomy. The slightest remark could trigger his fragile nerves. The fact that he hadn’t gone mad showed his mental fortitude, which was admirable.

Admirable as it was, she still had to settle the score for being thrown off the bed. She wasn’t a magnanimous person.

Gu Jiaojiao’s long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings, covering the mocking light in her eyes. Su’s mother and sister didn’t notice, but Su Shuoci, lying beside Gu Jiaojiao, saw it clearly.

Su Shuoci: “…”

The woman’s words, especially that “Mom,” nearly made his jaw drop. He wanted to sneer, but seeing his mother’s red eyes and haggard face, the mocking words stayed on the tip of his tongue and were swallowed silently.

After his injury, he had consulted many famous doctors, but even the top experts had declared that he would be paralyzed for life. The thought of being a cripple for the rest of his life made Su Shuoci quickly close his eyes, afraid that his aggressive energy would scare his mother.

Su Chunni, standing by the bed holding the basin of water, and Su’s father, who had just stepped into the room with a bowl of hot porridge, were both stunned by Gu Jiaojiao’s “Mom.”

Their daughter-in-law (sister-in-law), who on her wedding day had looked down her nose at them and called them country bumpkins, had actually woken up after two days and two nights of coma and was now calling her “Mom”? It was unbelievable.

Su Chunni wanted to ask: Didn’t you say two days ago that my parents weren’t worthy of your tea or being called “Mom”?

That day, Gu Jiaojiao had refused to serve tea and cursed them, eventually fainting from her own rage.

But the lingering majesty of her brother’s earlier roar kept her silent. She could only stare at Gu Jiaojiao in shock, with a comical look of wanting to speak but holding back.

“Jiaojiao, let Mom help you sit up and eat some porridge. Old man, why are you standing at the door? Hurry up and bring the porridge over.”

Su’s mother’s sallow face was filled with a kind smile.

“Thank you, Dad. Thank you, Mom,” Gu Jiaojiao said sincerely. The body was indeed hungry.

“Don’t… don’t be so polite with us. As long as Jiaojiao is okay, that’s all that matters,” Su’s father said awkwardly, handing the porridge to Su’s mother with a silly smile before taking the basin from his daughter and walking out. At the door, he turned back to look at the people in the room, his smile gradually widening.

Su’s mother fed Gu Jiaojiao with a porcelain spoon, while Su Chunni stood by, swallowing her saliva audibly.

Gu Jiaojiao looked at the coarse porcelain bowl.
The crystal clear grains of rice had lost their shape, forming a moderately thick and sticky porridge. She was truly weak, so she let Su’s mother feed her. The white porridge melted in her mouth, smooth and soothing. After two days of starvation, this bowl of plain porridge was exactly what the body needed.

Little did anyone know how much this bowl of porridge meant to Gu Jiaojiao!

Gu Jiaojiao happily drank the porridge fed to her by Su’s mother, as if it were a delicacy fit for royalty.

The man lay beside her, eyes tightly shut and motionless, while Su Chunni watched her eat with eager eyes.

Gu Jiaojiao was too hungry to care about her’s intense gaze. She simply lowered her head and took small sips of the porridge.

Su’s mother’s sallow yellow face never stopped smiling as she patiently fed Gu Jiaojiao.

After finishing half the bowl, Gu Jiaojiao felt full. She turned to look at the man on the bed, his eyes still closed. She couldn’t tell if he was truly asleep or just didn’t want to see her. “Mom~ I’m full.”

Seeing that Gu Jiaojiao had only eaten half the bowl, Su’s mother thought she might still be upset. After hesitating, she said, “Jiaojiao, you haven’t eaten for two days. Have a little more. Silly child, don’t think about Song Zijin anymore. He was your fiancé for over a decade. If he really loved you, why wouldn’t he marry you?”